NAME

Devel::PatchPerl - Patch perl source a la Devel::PPPort's buildperl.pl

VERSION

version 0.68

SYNOPSIS

use strict;
use warnings;

use Devel::PatchPerl;

Devel::PatchPerl->patch_source( '5.6.1', '/path/to/untarred/perl/source/perl-5.6.1' );

DESCRIPTION

Devel::PatchPerl is a modularisation of the patching code contained in Devel::PPPort's buildperl.pl.

It does not build perls, it merely provides an interface to the source patching functionality.

FUNCTION

patch_source

Takes two parameters, a perl version and the path to unwrapped perl source for that version. It dies on any errors.

If you don't supply a perl version, it will attempt to auto-determine the perl version from the specified path.

If you don't supply the path to unwrapped perl source, it will assume the current working directory.

PLUGIN SYSTEM

See Devel::PatchPerl::Plugin for details of Devel::PatchPerl's plugin system.

SEE ALSO

Devel::PPPort

Devel::PatchPerl::Plugin

AUTHOR

Chris Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Chris Williams and Marcus Holland-Moritz.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.